Local Music Listen – XO Jasen

By TJ Acena, PQ Monthly

XO Jasen is a new electronic project by Portland musician Jason Mampel. His first release under this name is called Four Love Songs, which is exactly what it sounds like, four songs about love. Queer love. The pronouns of the subjects he sings about change throughout the album and when we reach the last song, Kiss Me Dark Destroyer, the most futuristic of the album, Mampel sings: